White Chapel Cemetery pt. 1

PublishedJanuary 8, 2008

The Polar Bears – a group of men went to recover bodies of American soldiers killed while trying to destroy Russia in 1919. Fifty men were returned and buried here around the Polar Bear in 1930. The bear is carved from white Georgian marble, and the base is North Carolina granite.

Artist: Leon Hermant (thanks to Carptrash on that one, I was unable to find the makers mark)

Bruce Saville’s “Until the Dawn”

A Viking funeral complete with Oden leading the procession.

Heres a couple of stunning works by sculptor Beaver Edwards from 1957

A sculpture by “B. Zuckermann” which rings no bells in my head. A very strange composition, whereas the priest is depicted in a larger scale than the body of Christ.

“Which was neighbor unto him that fell among the thieves? And he said, He that showed mercy on him. Then said Jesus unto him, Go and do thou likewise.” Luke 10:36-37
The imposing marble sculpture in the Garden of the Good Samaritan depicts the parable of he who gave succor to the man set upon by thieves when others had passed him by. A noble inspiration for a gracious garden.

The “reds” were the Bolsheviks. I say “destroy russia” meaning to be sarcastic. However, western intervention inside Russia is not different in my eyes to people from the near or far east coming to the USA to fight the Neo Liberals in power now.

Great coverage. As is so frequently the case, your pictures bring even death to life – the so called “Lazerus Effect.”

B Zuckerman is likely Bernhard Zuckemann, a sculptor and carver about whom only the elusive carptrash knows . . . . . . . . . . ……. and shares. See his write up and pictures of the Four Chaplins Monument here: